1980 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1980 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and two ties (6–3–2 overall, 4–3–1 in the Pac-10).[2]

1980 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1980 record6–3–2 (4–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coachRich Brooks (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorErik Widmark [1]
(1st season)
Home stadiumAutzen Stadium
(Capacity: 41,097)
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 13 UCLA 5 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 11 USC 4 –2 –1  8 –2 –1
Arizona State 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Oregon 4 –3 –1  6 –3 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Arizona 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
California 3 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon State 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In their rivalry game with Washington, the Ducks won in Seattle for the first time in twelve years; the win also broke a six-game losing streak to the Huskies.[3] Oregon defeated all three northwest teams in the Pac-10, their first sweep in 26 years.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 61:30 PMStanford
L 25–3537,300
September 131:30 PMKansas*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, Oregon
T 7–727,750
September 201:30 PMMichigan State*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, Oregon
W 35–730,431
September 271:30 PMat No. 18 Washington
W 34–1051,008
October 111:00 PMat California
L 6–3135,000
October 181:30 PMNo. 2 USC
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, Oregon
T 7–742,733
October 251:30 PMUNLV*
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, Oregon
W 32–931,651
November 112:30 PMWashington State
  • Autzen Stadium
  • Eugene, Oregon
ABCW 20–1030,093
November 81:30 PMat No. 8 UCLA
W 20–1440,907
November 151:00 PMat Oregon State
W 40–2141,600
November 226:30 PMat Arizona State
L 37–4261,623
Source:[4]

Roster
1980 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 16 Bryan Hinkle Sr
DE 54 Michael Walter So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Erik Widmark (OC)
  • Bob McCray (OL)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt
Source:[5][6][7]

NFL Draft

Two Ducks were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (332 selections).

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Bryan HinkleLinebacker6156Pittsburgh Steelers
Kevin McGillTackle12325Cleveland Browns
Source:[8]

References
  1. Withers, Bud (September 21, 1980). "Ducks settle the score and then some". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  2. Withers, Bud (November 23, 1980). "Ducks finally go down for count, 42–37". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. Withers, Bud (September 28, 1980). "Ducks take a bite from Huskies' bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  4. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Rich Brooks, 1980". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. September 20, 1980. p. 2C.
  6. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. September 27, 1980. p. 2C.
  7. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. November 1, 1980. p. 2B.
  8. "1980 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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